First on our list of Shows To See This Week is a rousing way to kickoff your weekend with warm classic jazz in the cozy confines of “The One and Only” with a top-flight quartet. The Dave DeWitt TRio with Randy Mather plays Dick’s Den Friday, May 3rd at 10pm.Continue Reading
First up in our list of Shows To See This Week is a new weekly series at the Market District Kitchen & Bar, on the second floor of Market District Supermarket, 2250 E. Main Street in Bexley. Already the home of Doug Neel’s jazz guitar brunch on Sundays, this intimateContinue Reading
As we reported last month, esteemed Columbus drummer Matt Wagner has had serious health issues over the past several years that have left him unable to work and placed him and his wife Trish in dire financial straits. In order to help him out in his time of need, theContinue Reading
Tops on our list of Shows To See This Week is a rare appearance by a long-running source of eclectic and ecstatic ensemble jazz. On Saturday, January 12th at 10pm, Honk, Wail & Moan returns for a show at Dick’s Den. Admission is $5. Founded in 1991, the band stillContinue Reading
Multi-talented NYC-based jazz vocalist Sarah Partridge will make a Columbus stop on her fall tour at Natalie’s on Wednesday, December 5th at 9pm. Tickets and more info are available here. For this performance, she will be backed by an excellent trio of Columbus jazz veterans, with Roger Hines on bass,Continue Reading
Happy Thanksgiving jazz fans! Coming to you a day early to provide our annual Thanksgiving Jazz Guide. There are several great options for starting your celebrations on Wednesday, November 21st. 6pm choices include piano entertainer Dave Powers’ weekly gig, accompanied by tasty Italian food and drink, at Vittoria Ristorante inContinue Reading
Hello jazz fans! This week’s column marks a special occasion – the fifth anniversary of this humble column! Revisit the inaugural issue here. I (Andrew Patton) am hoping to keep the column and the website itself going into the future, but that has become more of a challenge lately, mostlyContinue Reading
The fifth year of the Dick’s Den Wednesday Residency program continues with an outstanding November slate courtesy of drummer Aaron Scott. One of the area’s finest (and busiest) musicians, Scott is regularly heard with his TRio jazz group featuring Dave DeWitt and Derek DiCenzo, as well as R&B band PhilContinue Reading
One of the highlights of a busy last weekend of October is the return of a beloved Columbus jazz tradition – Bungalow Jazz! Founder and proprietor Becky Ogden now owns a new property near Delaware – 5137 Riverside Dr, Delaware, OH 43015, six miles north of the Columbus Zoo –Continue Reading